CONK (OUT) Synonyms: 68 Similar and Opposite Words

conk (out)

verb

Definition of conk (out)

as in to faint

to lose consciousness after three days without eating, he simply conked out

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as in to die

to stop functioning the engine conked out just as we were approaching the exact middle of nowhere

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start (up)

as in to pass (on)

to stop living a list of people whose chief claim to fame is the unusual manner in which they conked out

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The three members invited more than 30 guests and at some point there were approximately more than 600 people outside Maison Estelle, where someone is presumed to have fainted.

— Hikmat Mohammed, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
His body collapses in on itself on the fainting couch in the sitting room.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of faint

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Pressure for action on all types of kratom is mounting after two students at the University of Mississippi died this month, with kratom products found on the scene in both cases.

— Theresa Gaffney, STAT, 30 Sep. 2026
Fiona Hepler Lowe, the daughter of actor Chad Lowe and Kim Painter, has died.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of die

Verb

Asif said the alliance reflected a belief among its members that existing security arrangements had failed to protect Gulf countries as the conflict involving Iran spread across the region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026
The government, unable and unwilling to check their most voracious citizens and appetites, failed to tame the frontier.

— J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fail

Verb

Hearing that several employees have perished in the Greenland blast, Digger thinks only of salvaging his rig.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2026
In summer, certain weeds can die in as little as a few weeks, while stubborn weeds may perish in a month or two, says Dilmore.

— Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of perish

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The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after passengers stormed the cockpit and wrenched back controlfrom the attacker, who Israeli officials suspect was trying to crash the plane.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Aviation experts have marveled that the plane didn't crash after a descent so sharp that the rudder was torn away.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of crash

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While accepting the Moon Person, fans watching at home were confused when the sound cut out as Carpenter was talking.

— Entertainment Weekly, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Sep. 2026
The tailor had had his work cut out fitting the soft woollen battle-dress blouse to Dovner’s unathletic and paunchy frame.

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, New Yorker, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of cut out

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